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SOCIETY RULES
- The
club shall be called 'The Gwent Photographic &
Digital Imaging Society, and membership shall be open
to all interested in photography.
- Membership
of the Society implies the undertaking to comply with
and abide by these rules.
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- Subscriptions
shall be fixed at the Annual General Meeting,
and payable at the end of January and end of July.
- Prospective
members are allowed to attend one term without
payment.
- Only
fully paid up members would be eligible to.....
- Have
a vote and be eligible for nomination for
election at Annual General Meetings
- Enter
Society Competitions.
- Benefit
from the Lottery scratch card.
- The
officers shall consist of a Chairman, Vice Chairman,
General Secretary, Treasurer, Syllabus Secretary,
Competition Secretary.
- The
affairs of the Society shall be managed by the elected
Officers (Rule 4) and two Ordinary Committee Members.
- All
Officers and Ordinary Committee members are to be
elected at the Annual General meeting and are eligible
for re-election each year.
- Special
meetings may be convened on a requisition signed by
at least six members, stating the object, and sent
to the Secretary at least fourteen days before the
date proposed.
- At
committee meetings, four shall form a quorum, and
at a general meeting, eleven.
- The
Secretary shall keep minutes of all the meetings,
and conduct the correspondence of the Society.
- The
Treasurer shall collect all subscriptions and monies
due. At the close of each Society year a balance sheet
shall be drawn up by the Treasurer and audited by
two ordinary members appointed for this purpose at
the Annual general Meeting.
- A
Society member may be expelled or asked to resign
at the decision of the committee. The committee can
request a member to appear before it, provided that
where any accusation or charge is made, the member
shall be given full and reasonable opportunity to
put forward a defence and bring witnesses at a later
meeting. Any member expelled or asked to resign shall
have the right of appeal to a Special General meeting
called for this purpose. All Committee proceedings
and those of any Special General Meeting called under
this rule, shall be treated as privileged and confidential.
- The
names of any member whose subscription is more than
one month in arrears may be removed from the membership
list by order of the committee.
- The
Society accepts no responsibility whatsoever for items
damaged or lost, whilst at the Society's venue.
- In
the event of a dissolution, a Special General Meeting
shall be called at which a liquidator shall be appointed,
and a decision made then or subsequently as to the
disposal of all Society assets.
- No
alteration of, or addition to, these rules shall be
made except by the Annual General Meeting or a Special
Meeting called in accordance with Rule 7.
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| MONTHLY
& END OF YEAR COMPETITION RULES |
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| MONTHLY
COMPETITION RULES |
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- There
are two sections in each of the competitions:- Improvers
and Advanced. Improvers entries to be identified
with the letters 'IMP'.
- Points
will be awarded 10, 7, 4 for Ist, 2nd and 3rd places,
and certificates presented. Members will also receive
one point per entry. Judges will receive two points
by exhibiting their own work.
- The
judge may, at his discretion, not award all three
places, depending on the standard or number of entries.
- An
entry may be submitted in more than one competition,
assuming that it fits the theme.
- In
the event of a rule being contravened, the entry may
receive comments, but will NOT be eligible
for a 'placing'.
- Trophies
will be awarded to Merit Table(ADV) winner & Merit
Table(IMP) winner taken from league table, based on
overall points accumulated during the year, and plaques
awarded to 2nd and 3rd places. Trophies will also
be awarded to the PPOTY winner and SPOTY winner, also
taken from the same league table, based on points
accumulated from print/slide competitions during the
year, respectfully.
- All
entries to be handed in at least SEVEN DAYS prior
to the competition (FOURTEEN DAYS, if an outside
judge is used).
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| PRINT
COMPETITIONS |
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- Maximum
of FIVE entries per member
- The
mount to be a maximum size of 20" X 16"
or 12" X 16".
- Prints
to be a minimum size of 10" along one dimension
and a maximum size of 16" X 12".
- Photography
and mounting to be the complete work of the entrant.
- There
are two categories - Black & White and Colour,
except when entries in either category
fall below seven in number.
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| SLIDE
COMPETITION |
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- Maximum
of FIVE entries per member
- Slides
must be mounted in 2" X 2" (50cm X 50cm)
mounts.
- Mounts
to be spotted on lower left hand corner when viewed
in the hand.
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| END
OF YEAR COMPETITION RULES |
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| GENERAL |
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- Prints
can be B&W, Colour, Digital, the photographers
own work or trade processed, but
ALL photography and mounting to be the complete
work of the entrant.
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Entries
must NOT have been submitted in any club
competition prior to the current year.
- Prints
may be entered in a maximum of four competitions in
the current year, including
End of Year competitions.
- A
trophy and plaque will be awarded to the entrant taking
first place in each of these
competitions, and plaques presented to those gaining
second and third places in the
P.O.T.Y and S.O.T.Y. competitions.
- All
entries to be handed in at least FOURTEEN DAYS
prior to the competition, or earlier,
if the external judge so requests
- In
the event of a rule being contravened, the entry may
receive comments, but will NOT
be eligible for a 'placing'.
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| PRINT
OF THE YEAR |
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- Maximum
of FIVE entries per member
- The
mount to be a maximum size of 20" X 16"
or 12" X 16"
uniform size
- Prints
to be a minimum size of 10" along one dimension
and a maximum size of 16" X 12".
- Mounting
to be the complete work of the entrant.
- There
is a seperate catagory for Improvers, who's entry
is to be identified with the letters 'IMP'
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| SLIDE
OF THE YEAR |
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- Maximum
of FIVE entries per member
- Slides
must be mounted in 2" X 2" (50cm X 50cm)
mounts.
- Mounts
to be spotted on lower left hand corner when viewed
in the hand.
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| PRINT
PANEL OF THE YEAR |
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- Limit
of ONE entry per member
- An
entry to consist of a panel of FIVE prints,
to be mounted individually
- Photography
and mounting to be as General E-O-Y competition rules.
- The
entry should depict the range of skills of the photographer
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| SLIDE
PANEL OF THE YEAR |
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- Limit
of ONE entry per member
- An
entry to consist of SIX slides, to be mounted
in 2" X 2" (50cm X 50cm) mounts.
- Mounts
to be spotted on lower left hand corner when viewed
in the hand.
- The
entry should depict the range of skills of the photographer
- Entries
to be in accordance with General E-O-Y rules b) and
c).
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